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Hope everyone is well. First time poster :) I had just received this toonie as change from a coffee shop. I didn't know what to make of it until my wife stated that it could be a mint error. Never heard of such a thing until doing more research. I just wanted to know what you guys thought of this toonie. Any info would be great. Sorry in advance for the poor photos   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Need a better pic of the obverse
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2187 Posts |
I think it's a PMD (post mint damage). It looks like someone tried to sand that face off completely. The lines going in the circular direction give me that feeling. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Looks like the obverse has been ground down using a grinder...
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New Member
 Canada
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Hope this helps...  |
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New Member
Canada
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Not sure if it matters, but this toonie seems to be slightly bigger than the normal toonie.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
Clearer image of the Queen if possible.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2187 Posts |
clearer images of the queen will definitely help. There's a second date to the left of the original date so if you can get a close up picture there too, that'd be helpful for us
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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not some kind of a doubling effect or anything, I believe what you see is the commemorative 2002 obverse reading 1952-2002.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Vonage I have 2 toonies super thin. I have toonie that has a rim on one side. none on the otherside. the second toonie has rims on both side super thin. if you can find some one near you. that knows how to do focus stacking. you can get a very high resolution image of your coin. which will show those details that are missing. so you can figure out what happened to your coin. focus stacking about 40 images. it will raise the detail you would have your answer. if someone took a grinder. to your coin it will show that as well. somebody with a railstacker. could really help here.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think before we call this 100% PMD we need the weight of the coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A pic with a regular old toonie side by side will answer most of the questions.
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New Member
Canada
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Hey, The weight on both coins seem to be the same. 0.25oz or 7 grams (not sure if any of these would be the proper unit of measurement).  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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7.3 GRAMS is the correct weight for pre 2012 toonies, my guess it's grounded down, unless you weighed the 1996 and the odd toonie on the same scale and both read 7 grams
Edited by john100
11/02/2016 4:06 pm
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New Member
Canada
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Yes, I weighed them both separately on the same scale.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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So the scale is off, looks like a largest strike through grease maybe if so worth something.
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